Tag: Hospital

Ontario Investing Billions to Build New Hospital, Expand Another Facility: Ford

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says that the province will invest billions of dollars to build a new hospital in Mississauga, Ont., and expand another one in Toronto. Speaking at a press conference on Dec. 1, the premier announced the multi-billion-dollar project is the largest single hospital infrastructure investment in Ontario history and will add over 500…


Fire Kills 4 Newborns in Indian Hospital

NEW DELHI—Four of 40 infants in the newborn-care unit of a government hospital died in central India when a fire swept through the unit late on Monday, government officials said, the latest in a string of hospital fires in the country this year that have killed dozens. The other newborns at Kamla Nehru Hospital in…


Fire in Indian Hospital COVID-19 Ward Kills 11 Patients

NEW DELHI—Eleven patients died Saturday after a fire broke out in a hospital’s COVID-19 ward in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, police said. There were 17 patients in the ward in the city of Ahmednagar where the fire started, said police Inspector Jyoti Karkade. The remaining six patients are in stable condition, she added….


Man Proposes to Girlfriend at Hospital Bedside Moments After She Wakes Up From Month-Long Coma

A man gave his girlfriend something extra to fight for when he proposed at her hospital bedside, moments after she woke from a month-long coma. Laying eyes on the man she loves after 30 days in the dark, she said yes. Public health student Viktoria Cupay, 25, has had lupus since 2016, an incurable autoimmune…


Closing Pennsylvania Hospital Gives 293 Employees Layoff Notice

Tower Health, a regional Pennsylvania health care system, issued a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notice this week in anticipation of closing one of its hospitals. It is one of many financial moves the system is making. “Early in the pandemic, the government mandated the shutdown of all nonessential health care services,” Richard Wells,…


Federal Judge Blocks Hospital From Putting Unvaccinated Workers on Unpaid Leave

A federal judge temporarily blocked an Illinois hospital system from allegedly putting workers with religious exemptions on unpaid leave. In late October, several employees at the Chicago-area NorthShore filed a legal complaint against the company, arguing that the firm’s vaccine mandate discriminated against them by forcing them to decide between a vaccine and their jobs….


Former Hospital Executive Wins $10 Million in Discrimination’ Case

A former North Carolina hospital executive who said he was fired from his job because he’s a white male was awarded $10 million in a discrimination lawsuit Tuesday. A federal jury in Charlotte decided that Novant Health, which is a hospital system based in North Carolina and serves four states, has to pay David Duvall, its former…


Ex-Hospital Executive Wins $10 Million in Discrimination Lawsuit

A former North Carolina hospital executive who said he was fired from his job because he’s a white male was awarded $10 million in a discrimination lawsuit Tuesday. A federal jury in Charlotte decided that Novant Health, which is a hospital system based in North Carolina and serves four states, has to pay David Duvall, its former…


From Gang Member to Faithful Phlebotomist Who Sings to Comfort Patients

Your hardest times often lead to the greatest moments of your life. Keep the faith. It will all be worth it in the end.


COVID-19 Hospitalizations Drop Again in Los Angeles County

LOS ANGELES—The number of COVID-19-positive patients in Los Angeles County hospitals fell again Oct. 9, declining from 696 on Friday to 670, according to state figures. The number of those patients in intensive care dropped from 206 to 202. It was the 35th time in the last 40 days that the number of COVID-19 patients…